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CPOY 72 Documentary Award of Excellence: On a Migrant's Back

Rosalino Santiago Garcia knows the United States better than his home country of Mexico. He has spent the majority of the past 14 years away from his small village in the Mexican state of Oaxaca while working in the tobacco fields of Kentucky. He's had to say goodbye to his wife and kids several times over the years, but the benefits are apparent.

In March, Rosalino and his wife, Sabina Garcia Pacheco were able to throw a proper wedding celebration, surrounded by some 500 family and friends in the rural farming village of Santa Ana de Miahuatlan.

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Slide 11 of 12
March 25, 2017
Santiago Garcia leads Garcia Pacheco to the church before their wedding ceremony.
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